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Xi'an last day

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May 27th 2010
** ooops realised I have really fallen a bit behind! So here goes a mammoth session with Christian country music in the background. Imagine, if you can...** The day after the terracotta extravaganza, I essentially took off, and so felt that I should probably see a few more of Xi'an's sights before I headed off to the sub-tropical South on a 27 hour train (groan) leaving at 7pm. I went back ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more